Sentences with phrase «upstate lawmakers began»
Upon Cuomo's pledge this month to chip in $ 8.3 billion to the MTA's modernization plan, upstate lawmakers began citing the needs of roads and bridges in their communities, hoping to have a shot at state funding for those improvements during the next budget process.
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As lawmakers prepare for the state budget waltz, the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday began to preview their one - house budget proposals, which are set to include a 25 percent income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, a SUNY tuition freeze and «parity» between upstate and downstate transportation funding.
New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the Trump administration.
And it seems that on the legislative end, lawmakers are prepared to pass bills allowing apps like Uber and Lyft to begin operating in upstate cities.
New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the administration of President - elect Donald Trump.